§ 35-5-220 — Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive

Wyoming § 35-5-220

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 5: ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
• Art. 2: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

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(a) In this section:
(i) "Advance health-care directive" means a power of
attorney for health care or a record signed or authorized by a
prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction
concerning a health-care decision for the prospective donor;
(ii) "Declaration" means a record signed by a
prospective donor specifying the circumstances under which a
life support system may be withheld or withdrawn from the
prospective donor;
(iii) "Health-care decision" means any decision
regarding the health care of the prospective donor.
(b) If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance
health-care directive and the terms of the declaration or
directive and the express or implied terms of a potential
anatomical gift are in conflict with regard to the
administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical
suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy, the
prospective donor's attending physician and prospective donor
shall confer to resolve the conflict. If the prospective donor
is incapable of resolving the conflict, an agent acting under
the prospective donor's declaration or directive, or, if none or
the agent is not reasonably available, another person authorized
by law other than this act to make health-care decisions on
behalf of the prospective donor, shall act for the donor to
resolve the conflict. The conflict shall be resolved as
expeditiously as possible. Information relevant to the
resolution of the conflict may be obtained from the appropriate
procurement organization and any other person authorized to make
an anatomical gift for the prospective donor under W.S.